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ASIC cancels AFS licence over super switching advice

The licence of a financial services firm has been cancelled following breaches of financial services laws, including inappropriate super fund switching advice and charging advice fees from client super funds.

In February this year, SMSF Adviser reported that the Federal Court had ordered three Melbourne-based companies to pay penalties totalling $7,150,000 for engaging in numerous contraventions of financial services and consumer protection laws.

The breaches of financial services laws arose from a business conducted by Wealth and Risk Management Pty Ltd, Yes FP Pty Ltd, now in liquidation, and Jeca Holdings Pty Ltd, also in liquidation, which offered and gave cash payments to financially vulnerable clients in connection with the provision of financial advice.

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According to ASIC, the business advertised 'fast cash' to consumers with poor credit histories seeking loans and required consumers to receive and implement financial advice that recommended switching their superannuation and taking out 'high end' insurance.

It charged advice fees that were paid out of consumers’ superannuation funds and received upfront and trailing insurance commissions, and used the upfront insurance commission generated by the financial advice to provide a 'cash rebate' to clients, ASIC said.

Miranda Brownlee is the deputy editor of SMSF Adviser, which is the leading source of news, strategy and educational content for professionals working in the SMSF sector.

Since joining the team in 2014, Miranda has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest superannuation stories in Australia, and has reported extensively on technical strategy and legislative updates. Miranda has also directed SMSF Adviser's print publication for several years.

Miranda also has broad business and financial services reporting experience, having written for titles including Investor Daily, ifa and Accountants Daily.

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